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Civil War records indicate Henry enlisted April 5, 1862 in Rainersville, Ala by Capt. Ridgway for the period of the War. Severely wounded at Chickamauga, Georgia 1863/09/20. Present at Knoxville, Tennessee 1863/11/28. Absent on detail at Beans Station, Tennessee 1863/12/14 and Drewery's Bluff, Virginia 1864/05/16. He was wounded on April 3, 1865 "Vert Sclop (sic) in face." He was captured and signed parole papers on May 27, 1865. . Civil War Data Base,Henry Boyett Enlistment Butler County, Authorty Indigent Family Record, M.R.D. Had 6 dependents. His family was allowed to draw $240.00 per year.

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Civil Henry Boyett, James H. Guy, Alfred E, Guy. Enlisted in the Confederate Army April 5, 1862. They were enlisted by Capt. Ridgeway into Co. B 1st Battalion Hilliard's Legion at Ranerville, Alabama. Later when the 1st Battalion was organized into the 60th Alabama Infantry Reg't all three were in company H. War records

First battalion of Hilliard's Legion with six companies of the Third battalion Formed the 60th Alabama Infantry Reg't

The Henry Boyett in Co. B 1st Battalion Hilliard's Legion is The same Henry Boyett that is in the Co H, 60th Reg't Alabama Infantry

The 60th Alabama Infantry Regiment was formed by consolidating four companies of the First battalion of Hilliard's Legion with six companies of the Third battalion. The first battalion, seven companies, went out with Jack Thorington of Montgomery as lieutenant colonel, and John H. Holt of Montgomery as major;* and the Third battalion, six companies, went out with John W. A. Sanford of Montgomery as lieutenant colonel, and Hatch Cook of Georgia as major. The operations of the Hilliard Legion are given in the memoranda of the Fifty-ninth Alabama. At Chicamauga, the First battalion lost 168 killed and wounded of 230 engaged, and the third battalion lost 50 killed and wounded of 219 engaged. Organized at Charleston, Tennessee, Nov. 25, 1863, the Sixtieth passed through the trials and perils of the winter campaign in east Tennessee. In the spring it reached Richmond, and lost heavily at Drewry's, where the regiment was complimented on the field by Gen. Gracie, as the Third battalion had been at Chicamauga by Gen. Preston of Kentucky. The regiment was in the trenches at Petersburg for eight months, and lost continually by the almost incessant shelling. At White-oaks Road and Hatcher's Run the Sixtieth was fully engaged, and its loss was severe. At Appomattox, "when the news of the surrender was receved, its men were huzzaing over a captured battery and a routed foe."** The regiment there numbered 165, rank and file.